Category Archives: Canada
Endangered North Atlantic right whales lose three of 19 calves this season
FREDERICTON - An international environmental organization says it is concerning that at least three of the 19 North Atlantic right whale calves born this season have died this year. Oceana Canada camp...
Mar 29, 2024
Nigerian family in Montreal facing imminent deportation pleads to stay
MONTREAL - Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration minister's office in Montreal this morning to demand a stop to next month's planned deportation of a local family originally from N...
Mar 29, 2024
Fluid in eye cells can 'boil' if you watch the eclipse without protection: expert
Millions of people in parts of Eastern and Atlantic Canada will be able to see the rare solar eclipse happening on April 8. But they should only look up if they have proper eye protection, experts say...
Mar 29, 2024
New study says fireworks have small effect on air quality, but doctors not impressed
MONTREAL - Almost a year after smog from wildfires led officials in Montreal to cancel two major fireworks shows, groups representing pyrotechnics companies have released a study that concludes the di...
Mar 29, 2024
Half of Canadians support TikTok ban, with U.S. concerns 'trickling' north: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll indicates 51 per cent of Canadians support banning the social media app TikTok, after a U.S. bill aiming to do just that passed in the House of Representatives. Canada has ordered ...
Mar 29, 2024
Trudeau won't say if he has spoken to Housefather since Gaza motion
OTTAWA - Quebec MP Anthony Housefather remains undecided on his future more than a week after a House of Commons motion on Israel and Gaza left him questioning whether he will remain in the Liberal pa...
Mar 28, 2024
Four Saskatchewan family members died in murder-suicide, RCMP say
NEUDORF, SASK. - RCMP say four members of the same family found dead earlier this week in a rural Saskatchewan home were the victims of a murder-suicide. Mounties say a 67-year-old man and a 58-year-o...
Mar 28, 2024
B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce 'sacred covenant' to be signed on Easter
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Vancouver's Catholic Archbishop says a 'Sacred Covenant' agreement has been reached with the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., that announced the discovery the remains of more than 200 ...
Mar 28, 2024
Quebec minister to order probe after complaint about QMJHL English-only playoff garb
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will ask the province's language watchdog to investigate after the leader of the Parti Qubcois complained about a lack of French on a QMJHL team's playoff garb...
Mar 28, 2024
Federal Court orders revisions to deal between Ottawa and Métis Nation of Alberta
EDMONTON - The Federal Court is ordering Ottawa to make changes to a self-government deal it struck with the Mtis Nation of Alberta. The court says the deal too broadly defines who it applies to and w...
Mar 28, 2024